Apparatus for submarine recovering operations.



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APPARATUS FOR; SUBMARINE REGOVERING'OPERATIONS.

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' following is a specification.

Ivide an appamt us for subma stween e11 em the AFPAEATTU 'FQBJ No. 872,888. @neei To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, ANGEL engineer, and GIOVANNI Bs'mzsm TIM, sea captain, subjects of the Kmg 01"" Italy, and residents, respectively, of 8 fialiss 'Battistina sud of 9 Spizmats, ii Casaslistfi both in the city of Gensa, Pr m-cs 0%. Gail Kingdom of Italy, have invsnss.

useful Improvements in 1 marine RQOOVeTlHg @psmtws This invention has for its opemtiens, for fishing 0f corals etc;

It consists of a submsag. J able forwsrd and in may SE31- requiied for its @Dul flti0DS, is is be mzsupied by the 01:91 te-rnally A nished with all means for 'suumm s inspsc'bir far Batching 1101 ting the z'scovez'sd or .ii

{.d, sness on the 5 s the 'complsts app outside with pend it a 1*- tbs complete from the firm? spselsl a.

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be filled partially or s L mes-11s bf the Kingstan valve --b tied by mes s 0? pump -6- "brow thswater puts-ids of 't-h the double wall of the apparatus and is furmotion these I vertical axis but also in its ascending or dethe telephone. working the paddles are folded against the g being per he re uires, can get a hold on the object that according to t eir position direct the apparatus'not only in its rotation on its proper seending movement and specially for the latter. These movements are previously agreed upon between the operator and the assistants who are on board of the ship.

This agreement can be made by means of When the apparatus is not wall of the chamber, such foldih mitted by means of the hinges .'50.

About thelower part of the chamber and on the outside of it are the two cranes 32 each consisting of a horizontal bar 83 andof a supporting bar 34.' connected through the upright -35 by means of which each crane may rotate horizontally in the hinges '36 that form art of the supporting plate -37 that is astened on the wall of'the apparatus on the outside of it. Each crane is furnished with an enlargement at the head -38 near this is a ring 39-. The cranes are shaped like the arc of a circle so that they may be folded against the chamher and fit exactly on' its outside casing.

Each crane has a erosspieee 40 in its central part, on this turns the eye 42- connected to bar-41: this goes through nished with Water tight fittings, it enters the chamber far enough to allow the operator to manage it handily so as to regulate the position of the crane according to the operations that should be performed.

Above the two cranes" and on the meridian plane between the two supports 37 is the nipple -49-. It is furnished around its center with the large openin s 4-3 closed by thick plates of glass wit airtight fittings at the joints. Through these the operator can look out from the inside: im-

mediately above this nipple is placed the electric search-light -47. that lights the submarine space where the searching and eventual recovering operations are to be performed. Other openings for looking 'outside maybe provided in any part properly chosen: for example: at -+48. In the center of the nipple 49 turns free the ball 44- in a spherical hearing which remains perfectly tight during all its movements, so that the water can never filtrate into the chamber. In the direction of a diameter of said ball, runs bar -45 furnished with the hooks --46- at itsend.

The apparatus works as follows: After being transported by a ship where wanted, it will be lowered into the water. By means ol the electric motor, thmKingston valve the pump, the propeller and the rudder-pzuldles, the apparatus moves in the liquid space and the operator searches for the materials to be recovered, by looking through the glass of paddles act as a rudder and electric search-light.

the openings -43- aided by the light of the ways in telephomc communication with the assistants on the ship. The internal light and the continual renovation of the air inside of the chamber provide for the comfort and for the hygienic exigencies of the o erator.

The operator is al- When the apparatus isemployed or submarine-recovering operations, the operator looking through the holes 43 and working the bars 41 and -45 letting the Whole apparatus turn and move in whatever sense is to e recovered, either with one or with both cranes, then he will give the signal to the ship to raise the apparatus and with it also the recovered object.

The weight and the dimensions of the I apparatus are calculated, so that by its complete immersion andits, compartments being empty it should raise one ton of weight.

When the apparatus is .to be employed for fishing sponges etc., the arm -.45- is substituted by another one shown in Figs.

8 and 9. This arm consists of two, three or four steel plpes telescoped into each other, the most internal one contai'ns'a bar of steel furnished at its end with a special shovel, that maybe changed according to the different kind of fishing that is to be done. Said arm is in constant communication with a pump by means of a flexible pipe 66 another pipe 65- serves to let the water out of the arm, after it has worked in it. A cock -70 will, according to its position, (1st) establish the communication between the water feeding pipe 66 and canal 57, or (2nd) connect pipe 66 with canal 56 and at the same time connect pipe 65 with canal 57 or else (3rd) close anyconnection between pipe 66.- and the inside of the arm. When the water under pressure arrives through canal 57- it will push the pistons 59 '-G8, with which the extremities of the t-elescoped steel pipes are provided and compel the pipes to slide out of each other, thus-extending the arm forward, outside of the apparatus. When wishing to shorten this arm, the operator turns the cook 70 letting thus enter the water under pressure into canal 56, it will then llow through pipe -60 into the space 7 linto canal 5S- and from this pass through the hole '61 into the space 72-. 1n. the spaces 7 1-- and 72- the ,water under pressureacting on. the opposed face of the pistons --59- and 68- will push them back and the water that is on the other side of the pistons will run from -cylinder-(i7,and pipes -65 the connection with said pipe, being controlled by' svasss coral etc., to be fished'and it will be easy also to bring the operating point of the arm to the place and point required.

In order to gather the objects fished in this manner the apparatus may be furnished with a not attached to an iron hoop, held by the two ropes 54-.- and 55, that pass through two rings fastened at the top of the arms or cranes -32- 32. The two ropes 54 and 55 will permit to raise and to lower the net, so that it may be brought to the surface in order to empty-it and again lower it to the bottom of the sea without raising and lowering every time the whole apparatus: which operation would cause the losing of much time and eventually of the good spot for rapid and successful fishing.

Then the chamber is used for fishing purposes, it is advisable to line-its outside with a soft wood casing in order to protect it against the effects of eventually striking against the rocks.

No matter whether the apparatus is emlower the apparatus itself allows to largely diminish the thickness of the sheeting, so

to render the apparatus very light while conserving through its cellular form a great resistance to external pressure that is corisid'erable in the great depths of the water.

(72) It is of rather small dimensions in relation of the work it is required 'to perform,

which renders easy its being raised and low ered by a ship at the surface, and reduces the cost of the apparatus,

(c) It possess agreat mobility of its own in all directions, including its raising and lowering by means of the propeller of the paddles, the pump and the Kingston valve.

(cl) It is furnished with'powerful means for recuperations, because the two cranes designed for this work can resist to the effort,

in grasping, of 20 tons, it should he also noted that the ringsapplied to the ends of the'bars may be. connected with strong cables fastened on board of the ship and thesemay aid the apparatus, when necessary, to raise objects of an exceptional weight.

(6) It is furnished when used for fishing on es or corals, etc., with a movable arm 0 at has a large range of action and which is capable of regular erl'orts without shocks at its extremity.

It is furnished when used for fishing sponge or coral or the like with a not fastened in such a way, that when it is full it may be easily raised to the surfzue and lowered again without being compelled to raise the whole apparatus.

Having now particularly described the 2. An apparatus for submarine recovering and fishing operations consisting of an outer casing of an ovoidal form, provided with a:

suitable propeller, motioned from inside, and with two rudder blades, at two diametrically opposed points of the outer casing and means permitting the folding of the rudders against the sides of the casing.

. 3 An apparatus for submarine recovering and fishing operations provided with two outside cranes, which from inside, by means of suitable bars, passing through water tight fittings of the outer casing may be turned on suitable pivots and folded against the chamber casing, owing to their curved shape.

4. In a device of the class. described, a shell, derrick arms extending outwardly from the shell, a receptacle suspended from the derrick arms, and means to introduce material into the receptacle.

5. In a device of the class described, a shell, derrick arms extending outwardly from the shell, areceptacle suspended from the derrick arms, means within the shell for operating the derrick arms, means to introduce material into the receptacle, and means to move the shell. Y

6. 'In a device of the class described, a shell, derrick arms extending outwardly from the shell, a receptacle supported by the derrick arms, means within the shell for manipulating the derrick arms, and means operable from within the shell for introducing material into the receptacle.

*7, In a device of the class described, a shell, derrick arms extending outwardly from the shell, a receptacle suspended from the derrick arms, a telescoping arm extending outwardly from the shell above the receptacle, means to move the sections of the telescoping arm's 8. in a device of the class described, a shell, derrick arms extending outwardly from the shell, a receptacle suspended from the derrick arms, a telescoping arm extending outwardly from the shell of the receptacle,

means to move the sections of the telescoping arm longitudinally, and means within the shell for moving-the telescoping arm angula'rly upon the receptacle.

Signed byus at Genoa this 5th day of November, W06.

ANGELO lll'lUUlll.

I GIOVANNI BAP'liS'lA 'lARAN'llNl. Witnesses:

ANGELO lonAnNiA, C. B. Prinnvitto. 

